Yvonne Klein: Any formulation which reduces the tendency to think about persons as categories is to be preferred

Jennifer German: DV is a particular type of citizen eligible for certain government benefits and programs and that is how they are referred to in government documents.

G. Miki Hayden: Since I wrote for a disabilities site...

John Russell: Veterans who are KNOW when they were DISabled. The pc correct physically challenged does apply to most situations but war injuries are special cases where the old term is more appropriate.

Bob Allen: Calling it something else doesn't change reality.

Elizabeth Platt: Concise, not too politically correct but not rude either.

Lisa Karam Middleton: Although choice #3 might be more politically correct, it's jargon to me.

Dennis McCarthy: A and B are two different concepts. With the term veteran, disabled is my preferred choice because it implies the veteran was disabled in war. Handicapped implies something else--a handicap acquired through some other mechanism. A veteran with his legs blown off by a mine is a disabled veteran; one with MS is a handicapped veteran.

Charlotte Fox Luttrell: C is the most politically correct. Disabled and handicapped are two terms that some people find demeaning.

Paul Mulligan: None of the above. The leading candidate for mayor is a veteran who (was blinded)(lost a leg)during (X).

Carrie Garbas: He is a veteran before he is a person with disabilities. And that's how I'd phrase it: